Shashi Tharoor denies defamation charge by Rajeev Chandrashekhar
The Congress Working Committee member denied making false allegations against the BJP leader and demanded the withdrawal of statements and an apology.
The Congress Working Committee member denied making false allegations against the BJP leader and demanded the withdrawal of statements and an apology.
Sashi Tharoor faces formidable opponents in Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the BJP and Pannyan Raveendran, a strong CPI candidate in this constituency.
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala had said if anybody has stitched a coat for the chief minister’s post, he should take it off.
Some Congress leaders did not like Tharoor’s presence at Mannam Jayanti event, said G Sukumaran, General Secretary, NSS.
Finally, the state Congress leadership in Kerala, have asked its party leaders and workers, to avoid any confrontation with Sashi Tharoor, in view of the growing support for the Thiruvananthapuram MP.
Giving a strong warning to Sashi Tharoor, who is continuing his Malabar tour despite an undeclared ban, Opposition leader in the Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan said the Congress party has space for everyone, but any kind of sectarianism or parallel activities would not be allowed in the party.
The development comes in the backdrop of raging controversy over the alleged boycott of Sashi Tharoor’s programmes in Malabar.
The Congress party’s ‘war room’ at 15 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road in New Delhi’s Lutyen's zone had gone quiet and lifeless…
